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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's president has commissioned a pair of guided missile frigates that are expected to boost the island's ability to counter Chinese submarines amid rising military threats from B... ( read original story ...)

A top Chinese official gave National Security Adviser John Bolton a pointed warning on Taiwan, as the two sides began a round of high-level meetings to bolster relations strained by trade disputes. Ya... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Washington’s decision to cut off U.S. supplies to a Chinese chip-maker spotlights mounting tensions over China’s drive to be a global player in computer chips and the ways in which ... ( read original story ...)

Fishermen and their families took to the streets in Taiwan Tuesday against what they said was an unfair crackdown on the industry which has been accused of illegal practices and human rights abuses. T... ( read original story ...)

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - A sprawling complex of four theatres billed as the biggest performing arts centre in the world has opened in southern Taiwan. The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts houses a co... ( read original story ...)

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — A sprawling complex of four theaters billed as the biggest performing arts center in the world has opened in southern Taiwan. The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts houses a co... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan “will consider” a US Navy request should Washington ask to use the largest of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea for security purposes, the island’s defence minister said on Monday in r... ( read original story ...)

On September 5, when Typhoon Jebi throttled Japan and forced the evacuation of Osaka’s flooded Kansai International Airport, a separate storm of unsubstantiated social media rumors began brewing ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — The Dominican Republic has opened its embassy in Beijing, months after cutting ties with Taiwan amid a Chinese diplomatic offensive that aims to politically isolate the island it claims as i... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese manufacturer of a train that derailed in Taiwan killing 18 people said it had discovered a design flaw that failed to alert the central control system that an automatic ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Justice Department unveiled an indictment against two companies based in China and Taiwan on Thursday, saying they conspired to steal trade secrets from U.S. semiconductor company Micron rela... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unveiled an indictment against two companies based in China and Taiwan and three individuals on Thursday, saying they conspired to steal trade secret... ( read original story ...)

A Pentagon official is urging Taiwan to boost its defense spending in order to "modernize its military" in the face of the potential threat from Beijing. David Helvey, the US principal deputy assistan... ( read original story ...)

Linkou is one of a series of new towns being developed along the route of a new high speed rail link from the airport to Taipei city centre. The site for this project is located on a bluff at the edge ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN—Any attempt to determine Taiwan’s future by “other than peaceful means” is a threat to regional security and a matter of “grave concern” to the United States, Washington’s de facto amba... ( read original story ...)

According to the BBC, Taiwan’s capital Taipei is one of “five [global] cities [which] make day-to-day living a lot easier than others.” This is partly because of the city’s MRT light-rail Metro system ... ( read original story ...)